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Subject:	Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: getent-2.18.90-1
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:42:25 -0500
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> On Feb 24 14:29, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 08:19:20PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > I just uploaded the new getent package to the 32 and 64 bit distros.
> > 
> > Getent is included in Base, but it has a dependency on libargp, which is
> > only in Devel and Libs.  At least that's the case for the 32-bit
> > packages; I've not checked 64-bit.  Can/should we lift that dependency,
> > or add libargp to Base as well?
> 
> The dependency can't be lifted becasue getent actually uses libargp.
> Since setup pulls in this dependency automatically, I don't see a
> big problem here.  

I think it's better to leave libargp out of Base.  Although the dependency
from getent effectvely makes it a required package, it's not intrinsically
required.  If in the future getent stops using it, it will automatically go
back to being optional again.


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